Also 9 -bour, -bar. [a. F. topinambou (16th c.), now topinambour, from the name of a people of Brazil.] A name for the Jerusalem Artichoke, Helianthus tuberosus, a native of tropical America.
1666. J. Davies, Hist. Caribby Isles, 56. Topinambous or artichokes which are now not only very common in most parts but cheap.
1698. Osborne, trans. Froger’s Voy. Straits Magellan, 60. The potato and ighname are roots very like the toupinanbous.
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Topinambar, a name for the Jerusalem artichoke.
1866. Treas. Bot., Topinambour, (Fr.) Helianthus tuberosus.
